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History Timeline for kids
The Grand Canyon History Timeline provides fast facts
and important dates relating to the history of the human inhabitants
of this awesome region of America, located in the State of Arizona.
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Artifacts of the first inhabitants of the area date
back 3000 to 4000 years although Paleo-Indians
were thought to have lived in the area as far back as 10,000 years
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The Pueblo People (Anasazi) inhabited the area nearly 1000 years
ago
● The six major Native American Indian
Tribes are the Havasupai,
Zuni, Hopi, Paiute, Navajo and the Hualapai
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The Grand
Canyon features strongly in the history of these
Indian nations as and important part of their
creation myths
Grand Canyon History Timeline and Timeline : Fast Facts for kids via the
History Timeline Fact Sheet
Interesting info, description and brief facts about the inhabitants
of the Grand Canyon are detailed
in the History Timeline and Fact Sheet.
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History Timeline for kids: History Timeline and Fact
Sheet
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History Timeline 1: 1540 : Hopi guides led a party of
Spanish conquistadores, under Captain Garcia Lopez de
Cardenas, to the south rim of the Canyon
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History Timeline 2: 1826: Mountain man and pioneer James
Ohio Pattie (1804-c. 1850), visited the area and
documented his travels in the Personal Narrative of
James O. Pattie published in 1831
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History Timeline 3: 1848: The U.S. gained the area in the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and pathed the way for more
American explorers
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History Timeline 4: 1857: The first official U.S.
government expedition was led by soldier and botanist
Lieutenant Joseph Ives (1829 – 1868). His expedition
went on the paddlewheel steamboat Explorer to map
and survey the Colorado river.
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History Timeline 5: 1869: John Wesley Powell (1834 –
1902) led expeditions down the Colorado River and Green
River in 1869 and 1872 and wrote about his experiences.
Powell Plateau is named after him
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History Timeline 6: 1870: More American prospectors
hoping to find silver or gold explored the area
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History Timeline 7:
1890: The
Conservation
Movement advocated the establishment of state and
national and state parks, wildlife refuges and national
monuments during the Progressive Era.
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History Timeline 8:
1890:
Environmentalism
also emerged during the Progressive Era.
Environmentalists belief that the natural world
including animals, fish, birds, plants, trees, water,
air and and other natural resources were sacred and
should be protected from destruction or pollution.
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History Timeline
9: 1882: Clarence Dutton (1841 – 1912)
was an American geologist and US Army officer wrote the
Cenozoic history of the Grand Canyon district after
conducting surveys in the Colorado Plateau region
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History Timeline 10: 1883: John Hance (1840 – 1919) is
credited with being the first American settler - he
later acted as a tourist guide
Continued...
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History Timeline for kids: History Timeline and Fact
Sheet
Grand Canyon History Timeline and Timeline : Fast Facts for kids via the
History Timeline Fact Sheet
Interesting info, description and brief facts about the inhabitants
of the Grand Canyon are detailed
in the History Timeline and Fact Sheet. Artifacts of the first
inhabitants of the area date back 3000 to 4000 years although Paleo-Indians
were thought to have lived in the area as far back as 10,000 years.
The Pueblo People (Anasazi) inhabited the area nearly 1000 years
ago.
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History Timeline for kids: History Timeline and Fact
Sheet
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History Timeline 11: 1883: William Wallace Bass (1849 –
1902) was one of the first Americans to prospect and
then settle. Bass became the first American to guide
tourists to visit Cataract Canyon (now known as Havasu
Canyon)
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History Timeline 12: 1884: The first regular tourist
stagecoaches ran from the railroad stop at Peach
Springs, Arizona.
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History Timeline 13: 1892: The Santa Fe Railway made an
agreement with famous artist Thomas Moran, who had
produced some of the earliest drawings and paintings of
places such as Yellowstone, to help produce advertising
literature whilst they constructed the railroad line.
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History Timeline 14: 1894: William Bass and writer
George Wharton James prepare lantern slides to take
across the country to advertise the Natural Wonder of
the World attracting many famous visitors
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History Timeline 15: 1897: John Hance and Pete Berry,
built a trail and guest ranch near Grandview Point.
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History Timeline 16: 1900: Travel writer George Wharton
James writes a guidebook with the help of William Bass
alerting Americans to the wonderful sites to be seen and
its rich heritage. Publications such as these increase
interest in the Conservation Movement and
Environmentalism.
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History Timeline 17: 1901: The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa
Fe Railway first reached the Grand Canyon and the train
service begins
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History Timeline 18: 1901: The first automobile arrived
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History Timeline 19: 1901: Theodore Roosevelt,
an ardent conservationist, became President and
was instrumental in protecting
natural features of America
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History Timeline
20: 1902: Geologist Francois Matthes
(1874-1948) mapped the Grand Canyon of the Colorado
River
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History Timeline 21: 1902: A book of photography by Henry
Peabody entitled 'Glimpses of the Grand Canyon of
Arizona' was published by the Fred Harvey Company
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History Timeline 21: 1902 : Ellsworth and Emery Kolb
establish their photographic business
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History Timeline 22: 1902: The naturalist,
environmentalist and preservationist John Muir (1838 –
1914) published "Our Grand Canyon" urging visitors to
not just enjoy the scenery, but "to learn something
about the plants and animals and the mighty flood
roaring past". Refer to
Famous
Environmentalists
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History Timeline 23: 1905: Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946),
was appointed the first chief of the U.S. Forest
Service, who believed that natural resources should be
used to provide the "greatest good for the greatest
number of people."
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History Timeline 24: 1905 : The El
Tovar Hotel opens:
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Designed by
Charles Whittlesey, Chief Architect for the
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway
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The hotel was
opened as a destination resort
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It was one of
a chain of hotels and restaurants owned and operated
by the Fred Harvey Company in conjunction, and
alongside, the Santa Fe railway
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History Timeline
25:
1906: President Roosevelt
created the Grand Canyon Game Preserve by proclamation
in 1906 and the Grand Canyon National Monument in 1908.
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History Timeline 26: 1906: President Roosevelt signed
legislation for
the
National Monuments Act ( Antiquities Act) that authorized the
President to establish national monuments for the
preservation of historic, prehistoric, and scientific
interest
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History Timeline 27:
1908: The Grand Canyon
was created a National Monument
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History Timeline 28: 1910: Travel writer George Wharton
James writes the guidebook called 'The Grand Canyon of
Arizona: How to See It'
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History Timeline 29: 1912: Arizona receives statehood
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History Timeline 30:
1919: The Grand Canyon
was designated as a National Park by President Woodrow
Wilson
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History Timeline 31: 1956: Construction of Glen Canyon Dam
is authorized
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History Timeline 32: 1963: The gates of Glen Canyon Dam
close and the Colorado River ceases to run as a wild
river through the area
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History Timeline for kids: History Timeline and Fact
Sheet
Grand Canyon History Timeline for kids - President Theodore Roosevelt Video
The article on the
Grand Canyon History Timeline provides detailed
information of one of the most beautiful places in
America. The following video will
give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the 26th American President whose presidency spanned from September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909.
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